The image of a young, lifeless, Syrian boy – now named as Aylan Kurdi – lying face down on the beach, his death the result of his family’s desperate attempt to reach Greece by boat, has thrown into sharp relief...
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A Resolution Foundation report on the impact of the new National Living Wage (NLW), published today, makes for interesting reading. It shows that three in ten women in work are set to receive a pay rise, and that women will account for 61%...
The long, hot summer of hustings is drawing to a close, and we’ll soon know which of the prospective mayoral candidates Londoners will have to pick from come May. Housing, transport and inequality have dominated the debate – but what powers...
There has been much commentary on Jon Cruddas’ report about why Labour lost. For me, the central point is simple: we must move the debate beyond austerity and adopt an economic policy that can appeal across party lines and win...
The desperate people massed in Calais, in the makeshift camp known as ‘the jungle’, are only a tiny proportion of the flow of refugees who have reached Europe’s southern shore in recent years. Many more are on their way, spurred...
It’s been three months since Labour’s decisive and brutal defeat, and yet we find ourselves in the midst of another campaign for the future of the country. Not a day goes by without a new message from one of the...